Lueng Paul Paul itibaren Kehelowitigama, Sri Lanka
A real eye opener for a beginner in the subject such as myself, but be prepared to take some notes to jog your memory as you go along, and recognise you'll probably be using this as a springboard rather than memorising the whole thing all in one gulp. The parts that read like narratives are few and far between, but those will stick in your mind if you're a flimsy 2000's arts graduate like myself-the siege of Antioch, for example. Warning-sometimes it seems like everyone involved in the earlier crusades was called Raymond or Bohemond. The definition of the crusades used here is extended right up to the dispersion of the Knights Hospitaller at Malta by Napoleon, which I understand is stretching the boundaries for some purists. Stick with it, Riley-Smith seems to have his reasons.